1. Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924)- For creating a new political and economic system, and imposing it over a sixth of the world's area.- For creating a system that eventually covered a third of mankind, and lasted for seventy years.

2. Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)- For starting the most destructive war in human history.- For taking hatred, cruelty and barbarism to depths never seen before.

3. Winston Churchill (1874–1965)- For standing alone in the war against Fascism.- For his inspiring leadership of his country in the fight against Fascism.

4. Franklin Roosevelt (1882–1945)- For his courageous leadership of the fight against Fascism.- For saving capitalism and economic freedom from the Great Depression.

5. Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)- For defeating Fascism with his brave and patriotic people.- For turning his country into an industrial giant and the world's second superpower.

6. Mohandas Gandhi (1869–1948)- For defeating the world's largest empire, and freeing the world's second largest country.- For his saintly leadership of history's only non-violent freedom struggle.

7. Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950) and Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)- For uniting the world's second largest country from 565 pieces.- For helping it survive as a united, stable and peaceful democracy.

8. Mao Zedong (1893–1976)- For bringing the world's largest country under Communism.- For being the supreme leader of a fifth of mankind for thirty years.

9. Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997)- For bringing a fifth of humanity into the Modern Age.- For building the second most powerful nation in the world.

10. Mikhail Gorbachev (1931– ) and Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)- For ending the Cold War with their vision and statesmanship.- For bringing an end to Communism with his glasnost and perestroika.